[Toad]

[byrt_001]

hi toad

what are they doing?

uuhmm

christian

[shuttertalk]

Interesting shot! The post processing makes it look somewhat like computer art. I think it would make a nice poster or ad with some text on it...

[Schellamo]

i like it, nice framing by the walls and lots of visual interest to keep my eyes roaming- without distracting from the overall 'look'.

[Zig]

Ace composition; really allows the viewer to explore a whole series of narratives and characters. Great; a real storyteller of a shot.( I realise this is not the critique arena...why did you do the solarisy thing...?)

[Toad]

Ace composition; really allows the viewer to explore a whole series of narratives and characters. Great; a real storyteller of a shot.( I realise this is not the critique arena...why did you do the solarisy thing...?)

To enhance the texture on the walls...maybe its overdone, though.

[Kombisaurus]

Very cool Toad,
A great little experiment, and a fantastic image to use it with!

I agree with Schell and Zig.. there is a lot to explore in this shot which gives it a lot of interest.

The effect might be very un-subtle, but that's part of its appeal. What little amount such an overcooked effect might lose in aesthetic appeal, it certainly gains in provoking interest.
It reduces the image to a collection of colours, shapes and their relationships to each other. And the fact that two of the shapes are human figures injects mystery and a hidden story into the image.

[Toad]

Thanks Kombi! The original image is quite mysterious as well - and not that much different than the final (other than the pp). I was walking down a street in San Francisco - looked down a passageway and saw this - whipped up my camera and snapped it without a second's hesitation. Other than the texturing and simplification the biggest post processing change was darkening the human figures - already silouetted (sp?) in the original, and straightening a monstrous tilt in the horizon line (that's what happens with 1/4 sec composition times).